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J. FRYE.

BELT GUIDE AND SUSPENDER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I9, 1919.

1 ,3 1 7, 570 Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

INI/ENTOR Jam as Frye THE CQLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D. c

tiara/en snares ra rnrrr session JAMES B E, IND AN AD, ARYLA D- rEtr-eulnnaun SUSrENDE OR A pplication filed May 19, 1919. Serial No. 298,219.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES FRYE, a citizen of the Uni-ted States, and a resident of Indian Head, in the county of Charles and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt- Guides and Suspender-Supports, of which the following'is a specification. i

This invention is an improved belt guide and suspender support, and one of the -principal objects thereof is to provide a combined belt guide and suspender support, serving the double function of properly guiding and holding the belt and of providing means on which the. suspender may be engaged, thereby doing away with the use of buttons;

Another object of the invention is to provide a guide and support of this nature which is made of Wire and which may be readily attached without the use of thread and without the use of any special tools or instruments.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved belt guide and suspender support which will be exceedingly simple, durable, efficient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture. v

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in'the construction, combination and arrangement of parts,- hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of which:

Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of a portion of a pair of trousers around the belt line, showing the first step in securing the support and guide in place.

Figl 1 2 represents a perspective view showing t e completed device in operation.

Fig. 3 represents an elevational view of the guide and support removed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 5 indicates a fragment of garment around the belt line, and 6 indicates a fragment of the belt. The guide is formed of a piece of suitable wire over-turned upon itself at one end as at 7 and at its other end formed into a hook or eye 8, which may have a restricted throat or entrance.

In attaching the device, the garment 5, is provided with two openings at 9 and 10 Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

respectively, one abovethe other. The wire may be attached in place in a number of different ways, one of which I will describe as follows. The wire is passed through the lower opening 10 from the inside of the garment, the end 7 leading. At a point spaced from the eye end of the wire, the wire is bent upwardly to form the arm 11,

the eye or hook 8 being arranged substantially at'right angles to the plane of the garment at that point. The remaining portion of the wire is then bent upwardly and thus a bend 12 passing throughthe opening 10 is formed. The wire is then passed inwardly through the opening 9 as indicated in Fig. 1, a guide member 13, through which the 'belt 6- may be passed, thus being formed. Then the wire is bent down forming a bend at 151 and then passes into the opening 9; it is then passed through the hook or 'eye 8, and returned upon itself, thus forming a bend 15 engaged in th eye;then passing upwardly it is then again returned out- .wa'rdly through the opening 9 and bent down forming a bow 16, which passes through the opening 9, the free end of the w1re depending in spaced relation. to the guide-1'3, as at 17. This end 17 is spaced from the surface cf the garment a distance slightly beyond the point at which the guide the process of fastening the device and it will also prevent abrasions of the suspender support. After the device has been attached to the garment the belt 6 may be passed through the guide member 13, and the suspender support engaged over the hook 17. It will be seen that the guide may be used to the exclusion of the suspender support or the suspender support may be used to the exclusion of the guide. However, when they are both in use it will be noted that the suspender support serves to maintain the belt in proper position and prevent sagging of the latter. It will further be noted that the bow 16 is made on the arc of a circle slightly greater than the bow 1 1 and these arcs intersect and overlap each other. Therefore when the suspender tab 18 is engaged on the hook 17 and moved up, it will be wedged between the hook and the belt guide member 13, and thereby accidental displacement of the tab from the hook will be prevented. V I

It will be noted that when in final positionthe device comprises a closed loop com prising the guide member 13, the end portion 11, and the bowed portions 14 and 12,

which closed loop passes through the two openings in the garment. The hook comprises the bow 16 and the end portion 17,

and passes through the upper opening 9, and is offset from the: guide in the manner set forth.

It will be noted that the device may be readily attached to the garmentfby any one without the use of needle or thread and. without the use of any special tools, and that itdoes away'with thenecessity vof pro-- viding. garments with separate belt guide and Suspender supporting means. It 'further does away with the use of buttons in supporting suspenders and in this connection it will be notedthat no buttons are used fiir supporting the device or securing it-in ace. r V It will, of course,-be understood that any desired number offthe devices may be at tached to any one garment. 1

Although I have described the preferred combination and arrangement of parts thereof, as do not depart fromthe'spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims. i v

7 1. Acombined belt guide and Suspender hooked end of the wire.

' 2. A combined belt guide and suspender support formed of a length of wire having a. hook at one end, said wire forming a embodiment of my invention, I may desire vto make such changes in the constructlon,

closed loop and a supporting hook ofi'set laterally from the loop, the free end of the hook being also spaced from the adjacent side of the loop, the portion of the wire connecting the supporting hook and loop being wire.

support made from a singlelength of wire engaged through the hook at the end ofthe I 3A combined belt guide and suspender and comprising an elongated closed loop, a V

supporting hook'ofi'set fromthe upper portion of theloop and inparallel relation thereto, the free end of the supporting hook being spaced from the adjacent side of the loop.

4aA combined belt guide and suspender support comprising a length of wire bent to, form an elongated closed loop and an offset supporting hook, said hook spaced longitudinally from the loop and disposed in a plane parallel therewith.

5. The combination with a garment 'hav- 7 ing spaced vertically .alined openings, of a guide and supportpincluding an elongated closed loop engaging through both the open 7 ingsand a hook memberpassing through the upper one of said openings and extending downwardly in spaced relation to one side ofthe closed-loop.

6. The combination with a garment'having vertically alinedspaced openings of a combined guide andsupport; comprlsmg a closed loop engaging through the openings and a hook passing through one of the openings and providinga free end arranged in spaced relation longitudinally and parallel relation laterally with one side of thelelosed loop.

7 A device of the class described includ-' ing an elongated closed loop and a hook member extending outwardly therefrom having its free end, arranged in paced parallel relation to one side of the loop, said ,hook disposed in a parallel plane laterally of the loop.- U 1 p v JAMES FRYE.

Witnesses: v v 1 mm Y. m, M. n. Rojwn,

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